About Mihovil Dominik (Mick) Vitali

Mihovil arrived in New Zealand from Sućuraj, island of Hvar, Croatia, in 1900, at the time of the Immigration Restriction Act. In 1910, Vitali married Alice, daughter of Joseph Viskovich (Viscovich-Viscoe) from Pula, Istria - a pioneer who arrived in 1880. The early Croatians came as individuals, sailors who found their way to New Zealand in English sailing ships in the 1870s and 1880s.